Etmyology

Etmyology
Well, it might sound pedantic
but I'm obsessed with semantics
and it might cause aggravation
but I wanna know it's derivation

Well the Greeks and the Jews and Romans too
knew how to make 4 from 2 plus 2
So who am I to disagree
with the ideas being passed to me?

Oh, well I like chaos theory
and I dig Tim Leary
and I've tried Noam Chomsky
and the Language of History
but the history of language is something else
and there's some pretty deep structures
on my bookshelf
so who am I to disagree
with the ideas being passed to me?

Oh, well the point of this pop song
is to wonder if the books are wrong
because the language is limited
by the people that it's coming from
From the [pre-something praxis]
to the present time
leaders used long words to hide their crimes
So I think I'm gonna disagree
with the ideas being passed to me
Alright...